Tuition fees, student grants differ widely in Europe

From Eurydice Network Report – in University World News.

Levels of student tuition or administrative fees, grants and loans continue to highlight stark differences across Europe, according to a new report published by the European Commission’s Eurydice network.

The five Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland have 209 higher education institutions, of which 60 are universities. Only a handful are private institutions that can charge tuition fees for local citizens.